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Be it linown that I, I-I. FASSMANN, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented o. new and improved Buckle-Fastening or Hoop-Lock for Bolos; und I do hereby declare that the following is :i full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will e-noble others skilled in the art to make and use the suine, reference-being had to the accompanying drawings, forming pztrtof this specification.

This invention relates to o. new andimproved buckle or fastening for the iron hoops used on bales, designed more especially for cotton bales. i

The invention consists in having n. metal plate, of wrought, cast, or mallen-ble cast iron, 'with two slots init, one having smooth sides, and through which one end of the hoop passes and is prevented from slipping by the serrated or toothed sides. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a. fece view of my invention, having one end of a. metal hoop secured in it.

Figure Q, n section of the seine taken in the line a; rc, iig. l, and having both ends of the hoop secured in it.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a. plate which may be of wrought, cast, or malleable cest iron, of square or arifapproximate form, and ai trifle wider than the hoop, the ends of which it connects or secures. This plate A has two slots or openings, a b, init, one of which, a, has smooth sides, and one end, B, of the hoop, is passed through it and secured through by being bont so as to form a loop, c, as shown clearly VinV fig. l. The otherslot or opening, has Aserrated or toothed sides, es shown clearly in fig. l; and when thebttle is fully compressed and the hoops adjusted around it, the other ends, C, of the hoops (see iig. 2) are passed through b from the outer side of the plate; and when the bale is relieved of pressure and exptnds to u certain degree the ends C are bent or clamped tightly in b, the serrated toothed sides effectunlly preventing the ends'C from slipping out from b. If desired, the plate A may have lateral slots in it, in line with the openings ab, to adtnit of the ready insertion ofA the ends of the hoops in the slots or openings a b. i.

Hoving thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentp The plate A, lia-ving a slot or opening, b, provided with serrated or toothed sides to receive the end C of the hoop and prevent the slipping or withdrawing of C from b, substantially `:is shown and described.

The above specification of my `invention signed byme this 25th day oi'-December, 1866.

H. FASSMANN.

Witnesses:

C. CHAMBERS, W. B. PHILLIPs. 

